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l'0. MUSSINAN, Jr. LEAD 0B. GRAYON HOLDER.

No. 439,787. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

OSCAR MUSSINAN, JR., OF NEWTYORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EBERHARD FABER, OFSAME PLACE. Y

LEAD OR CRAYON HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,787, dated November4, 1890.

Application filed May 5, 1890. Serial No. 350,586. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR MUSSINAN, Jr., a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvementin Lead or Crayon Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Lead and crayon holders have heretofore been made in various ways,notably with a sheath or tubular handle having a contracted end and alead-receiving tube having clamping-jaws at the respective ends, whichtube was moved lengthwise in the handle by a sleeve or ring andconnecting-pin to the leadreceiving tube; and the object of my presentinvention is to simplify the construction of the lead and crayon holderand reduce the expense of manufacture, so that asimple and efficientarticle can be sold at a nominal price.

My invention consists in the combination, with a sheath or tubularhandle having a ta-V pering or contracted end that is slotted, and uponwhich is fitted a tubular end cap, of a lead-receiving tube that isslotted to form clamping-jaws having reverse inclines, and saidlead-receiving tube is moved endwise to clamp or release the lead bypressure against a tongue which is a continuation of the leadreceivingtube or cut therefrom.

In the drawings, Figure lis a longitudinal section of the lead or crayonholder containing my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3is a longitudinal section showing a slight modification in thelead-receiving tube, and Fig. 4 shows the lead-receiving tube detached.

a. represents the sheath or tubular handle, which is preferably made ofwood, one end a of which is tapering or contracted, and is slotted ata2, and upon this end is secured a tapering tubular end cap h.

crepresentsthelead orcrayon,anddthelead receiving tube, which is slottedlongitudinally to form the clamping-jaws e e', which jaws are made withexternal reverse inclines adapted to be acted upon by the open end ofthe tubular handle to press the same against the lead and clamp it inplace.

I prefer (and have so shown in the drawings) to connect or 'form withthe end cap a slotted tube, which is adapted to fit Within the tubularhandle and serve as a guide for the lead-receiving tube, and to" assistin retaining the slotted end cap in place.

The lead-receiving tube d is movable longitudinally in the holder orhandle a, and has connected to or formed with it a tongue d', theforward end of which is bent outwardly into a loop or finger-piece fwithin the slot 0,2, the end being slightly above the surface of thetubular handle, and this loop or fingerpiece f is to be pressed againstby the finger to Inove the lead-receiving tube d forward toV release thelead c, or backward to clamp said lead by the compressing action of thereverse inclines of the` clampingjaws e e acting against the open end ofthe tubular handle.

The tongue d is shown in Fig. l as a continuation of the tube d, that isbent back upon said tube, and may lie closely thereon, or the tonguemaybe a separate piece soldered to the tube; and in Fig. 3 said tongueis shown as formed with its projection or lingerpiece f as cut from thelead-receiving tube d and pressed up to shape; and I do not limit myselfto the precise manner of forming this tongue d and the projecting loopor fingerpiece f.

My improvement is extremely simple in construction and inexpensive tomake, and is not liable to get out of order.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, with the slotted sheath ortubular handle having a tapering end and an end cap thereon, of thelongitudinallymovable lead-receiving tube d, slotted and havingclamping-jaws with reverse inclines, and a tongue formed with orconnected to said tube, and having a nger-piece in the slot of thetubular handle to move the leadreceiving tube, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination, with the slotted sheath or tubular handle, of thetapering end cap b and slotted tube b', formed or connected together andfitting the tubular handle, the slotted longitudinally-movinglead-receiving tube d, having clampingjaws e e with reverse inclines,the tongue CZ', integral with thetube d, and having a projecting orturnedup end or finger f within the slot 0,2, by which thelead-receiving tube may be moved to clamp or release the lead,substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 29th day of April, 1890.

nO. MUSSINAN, JR.

Witnesses:

Guo. T. PINCKNEY, WILLIAM G. Morr.

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